Just now, I'm listening to "Girl From the North Country" by Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, and it's making me feel pretty wistful and nostalgic. It just makes me flash back to when I was younger and I was dating this woman who was my first love. I never even heard the song back then, it just evokes these memories in me. I tend to be drawn to the sadder songs; one of my favorites is "I Grieve" by Peter Gabriel, for it starts off really mournful before lifting up in the bridge and then going back down at the end. Gabriel and Paul Simon are my favorite sad songwriters. Anyway, this is a bit rambling, but what are y'all's favorite weepies?

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Patriotism means being loyal to your country all the time and to its government when it deserves it - Mark Twain

Woods of Ypres - Alternate Ending. The prophetic final song ever recorded by Woods of Ypres, as their lead singer was killed in a car accident shortly after it was finished. The verse "Back on the highway/Under the moon/My final moments/Still wondering about you" give me chills every time I hear it.

Alice in Chains - Don't Follow. A beautiful, haunting song that is even more powerful considering what happened to the artist (Layne Staley died of a heroin OD).

Carach Angren - Funerary Dirge of a Violinist - (warning: black metal) Tells the story of a WWII medic who played the violin each night to keep up the morale of his unit. In order to distract the enemy, he walks onto the battlefield playing his instrument. The combat stops while everyone listens to the moment of beauty in the midst of the horror, then he and his squad are mowed down. The video is kinda cheesy, but the story (which is supposedly true) really gets to me.

Al Stewart's Roads to Moscow would be my favorite, although it might be classified as more depressing than sad. I guess its sad in the sense that it's based on the true lives of many Russian soldiers who got shafted by their own nation.

And Disciple's "Things left unsaid" really hits home with my grandmother and not getting the chance to say good bye to her. Christian band yes, but this song doesn't "preach" anything it's just him singing from losing a family member.